Bedspread roller



y 1940- N. w. HIGGINBOTHAM I 2,202,582

BEDSPREAD ROLLER Filed July 19; 1938 INVENTOR.

NAOMI 'IV- HIGG/NBOTHA/Y/ FIG: 4

ATTORNEYS Patented May 28, 1940 UNITED STATES tATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to beds and more especially to means for rollingand unrolling the bedspreads thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical andinexpensive bedspread roller of the character described.

Another object is to provide an efficient bedspread roller adapted to bereadily attached to the mattress of a bed whereby the bedspread may bespread by a single operator from one side of the bed only.

Another object is to provide a novel bedspread roller that eliminateswrinkling and permits one side of the bed to remain against a wall andsaves time in the daily task of making beds.

Other objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fullyin the following specification, reference being bad to theaccompanymaterial such as pipe, Celluloid, cardboard, wood or othermaterial, the length of which is substantially that of the Width of thebed. A pair of spring steel tapes 6 are secured at one end to roller 5and at the other to a pair of stiff iron formed clamps 1. A narrow ironspacing strap 8 is secured to the ends of tapes 6 and serves to keep thesame parallel and space clamps I. A plurality of spring clamps 9 aresecured at intervals along roller 5 and a cord II] is secured to roller5 at its mid point, tothe free end of which is attached a hook H. Acomplementary member I2 comprising a rod substantially the same lengthas roller 5 is provided with a plurality of spring clamps l3, spaced atintervals along its length.

The operation of the invention will be apparent from the abovedescription and particularly as exemplified inFig. 4 which shows abedspread A overlapped on a mattress B on bed C. In use the bedding isspread on the bed in the usual manner except for spread A. The clamps lare fitted snugly over the foot of mattress B. Spring tapes 6 areuncoiled and roller 5 unrolled-toward the head of the bed and the roller5 is anchored by hook H secured at the head of mattress B. The bedspreadA is now spread over the bed and secured to roller 5 under clamps 9 aswill be apparent in Fig. 2, a portion.of the spread being folded backand secured in clamps iii of rod #2. The pillows are thereupon placed atthe head of the bed over roller 5 and the free end of the spread securedto rod 12 is lifted over the pillows and concealed between themand thehead of the bed. To roll the spread when the bed is to be used, the endof spread A and rod l2 are returnedto the position shown in Fig. 4 andunhooked from rod l2. Hook ll is thereupon released and the roller 5 ispermitted to roll up the spread under the action of spring scription isillustrative and not restrictive of my invention and that changes andmodifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A device of thecharacter described, com- 25 prising a roller adapted to extend across abed, spring bands wound on said roller and having one end attachedthereto, hooks carried by the opposite ends of the bands adapted to hookunder a mattress, means carried by the roller for attaching the same toa mattress, and means carried by the roller for attaching a spread tothe roller whereby, when the bands are unwound and the device applied tothe mattress, the release of the roller attaching means will allow 35the roller to roll on the mattress and wind the spread thereon.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a roller adapted toextend across a bed, spring bands wound on said roller and having oneend attached thereto, hooks formed integral with the opposite ends ofthe bands and adapted to hook under a mattress, a cable attached to theroller and carrying a hook for attaching the same to the opposite end ofthe mattress, and a series of clips carried by the roller. and adaptedto clasp a. spread thereon, whereby when the bands are unwound and thedevice applied to the mattress, the release of the roller attachingmeans will allow the roller to roll on the mattress and wind the spreadthereon.

' NAOMI W. HIGGINBOTI-IAM.

